The Center for Volga German Studies at Concordia University

Erik and Mark Kahre

Freestyle Masters Erik and Mark Kahre are the sons of Dr. Ruth Schultz and the great grandsons of of Jacob Blum and Chistina Weitzel, both born in Norka in 1866. Erik and Mark were born in Denver and both are graduates of the University of Colorado in Boulder.  

Erik and Mark are descended from the following original Norka colonists:

Johannes Blum

Johannes Bartel 

Widow, Margaretha Repp

Johannes Eusel & Anna Christina

Peter Koehler & Anna Margaretha

Johannes Scheidemann & Barbara Voelcker

Adam Hohnstein & Anna Margaretha Krafft

Johann Heinrich Schlitt & Anna Elisabeth

Ernst Wilhelm Urbach & Catharina Elisabeth

Christoph Schneider & Anna Elisabeth Emmerich

Adam Koch & Catharina

Johann Caspar Gruen & Gertraud Geiss

Johann Jacob Weitzel & Anna Maria Feuerstein

Erik Kahre at Winter Park in April 2008

Erik Kahre at Winter Park in 2008

Mark Kahre on Jones Pass

Mark Kahre on Jones Pass